Largest Class Ends Days at University One Hunderd and Nineteen Stadents Receive Diplomas Columbia, June S.?The exercises of the I16th commencement of the University of South Carolina came to a close with the graduating**exercises fn the university chapel yesterday morning, 119 yoyng men and women raeiving; diplomas from the institu tion. This is the largest class to be graduated from the university in its over; ? Century of existence. Thomas Walter Bickett, former governor of North Carolina, was the annual commencement speaker, mak ing .an eloquent plea for the de velopment of community morality as the next logical step in man's march from savagery to civilization. Gov ernor Bickett enlivened and embel lished his address with a ready flow of wit,, particularly amusing were his stories of life in the Reconstruction days in Union coiinty, Governor Bick ett's birthplace. During Wade Hampton's campaign for a seat in the United States senate it was the ..^astom, Governor Bickett said, for the voters of Union county. North Carolina, which borders on the South Carolina counties of Lancaster and York to migrate to South Carolina on election day to cast their ballots lor Hampton. The South Carolinians /rem York and Lancaster counties in. their turn migrated to North Car Molina for the North Carolina elec tions; '-returning the party call," as Governor . Bickett phrased it. South Carolina; had also been a haven for ' the! Union county lovers, Governor Bickett said. No license was required and .^mrarr^ge as well as salvation was freeVin South Carolina.^ ^Gov ernor Bickett also paid high tribute tqf Got. *R. A. Cooper with whom he had toured the "wild and woolly 4V?st." V ~ Parties for Miss Kingman. " On Tuesday afternoon, Mrs. Gra ham Moses was hostess at a Lovely " ipirty &ften-,&\hohoj:.^?--<&i&s' Sidney l?ngmam one" of the_ attractive June bridge. The BSuse'was t&s{efnfly dec oratedwith. masses of -spri-ag flowers and eight tables were. arranged for ??htridge on the shaded porch and in the . During the game delicious punch ?-w^'--seryecL and later refreshments of iee eream and1 fancy cakes.. The fa vors-were dainty little violet baskets j fUled : with*.mints, the honor guest's \ isaiket. -"being white with, valley 'lillies. ? t.^At"tHe end of the evening the prize j for.higfrest. score, two ' hand-made j handkerchiefs was awarded to Mrs. j .^^r? J^ltman,; the. consolation a j 4^^.;kij:";-was cut by Mrs. John Lee 1 'iaj-^ithV^est of honor .was presented wtiha* loyely pink sachet. ^Those.-present" were: Masses Eing rnan, jfonna Richardson. Theo Gregg, i^ne|te" :,^Wlaite. Mesdames C. W. -g^n^n?n," Bedaingffeid. *2i": 'B. Phil if^s,;^. Hearoh, Evans Bruher, Courf right, Ansley Harby, Paul ?ugh trjf/riDewai'd Bultman, Irving Rytten beigv ILeeman, R. C. Williams, Leland M^o?"?*^ v-Frances Bulunan, Warren M?ise,- John Lee. Foley, Perd Leri. X?n^ io?is W?li?msph, Hirsch, W. ;^iP^bjjfips, W. C. Graham, Louis Ly- j cms, ^etty \Moaes, Nina Solomons. ! Mitchell Leyi. Dorn, J, W. Brunson, ! "Bd-Wright,- Piatt. ; y*if>K. Wednesday afternoon Miss Kiiigman was again the honor guest nt;'a delightful "shower" given by Mrs. fi^ans Bruher. The guests were greeted at the door by a most real istic "Aunt Mandy," who later proved to be Mrs. Henry Bruner. She car ried a huge clothes bask- sad solicit- i ed '-washing." v j In rooms lovely with soft yellow- ! leaded lights and quantities of yellow ! daisies the gaime of hearts dice was ; enjoyed for an hour, when the prize \ for the best score, a lovely vase, was presented to Miss Elizabeth McKagen. ? The guests were then handed cards i containing a -Fioral Love Story," the questions to be answered with names 1 of flowers. When the cards were com- j pared -Mrs. Edward Wright and Mrs. L.' B. Jr*billips were found to h?ve an swered the greatest number, the prize, a most artistic old ma my, being cut by Mrs. Philips. /'Aunt Mandy" then reappeared and stretched a clothes line across the room, upon which, amid peals of laughter, she hung her "wash," the numerous lovely gifts for the bride elect, while refreshments of ice cream, .cake and mints in yellow heart baskets were served. Those enjoying Mrs. Bruner's Jpyely party were Misses Sidney King man, Bertha Bultman, Helena Bult man, Janet White, Elizabeth China, Elizabeth McKagen and Sadie San ders of Beaufort: Mesdames Kingman. Phillips, Edward Wright. Bedding field, Graham Moses. Archie China, Gordon Bradley, James Shaw, Ray mond Fowler. W. O. Courtright. Columbia. June 9.?Lewis Wood. Washington correspondent for The Columbia Record, wires the Columbia paper today that rumors in Washing ton are to the effect that former State ?Senator J. A. Banks, of Calhoun coun ty, will be collector of internal reve nue at Columbia, and that it is also rumored that W. H. Andrews of Georgetown, will be collector of the port at Charleston. Mr. Wood also advises that Tolbert's organization tuts been cut by mote than fifty per cent by the national republican commit tee. It is also stated in the Wash ington ad vires that Tolbert himself will likely be given an important job because of his standing by Harding in the last republican convention. John I*. McLaurtn will be referee. Beet Leaves as Greens. Young beets are popular when cooked witbthe leaves as greens when they are pnly an inch or so in diame ter. All of this class of vegetables will stand considerable frost so they may ?be put into the ground as soon as it ?can worked. The crops should be well under wa> in the more souther ly sections and a iu.;cession crop is da-* to go fn'^bif'^Scrtrt' this time.' [e; w. dabbs describes interesting trip I Editor Daily Item: I Readers of the Item and Watchman jand Southron may be interested in an j account of our trip to Asheville and I BiUmOre a few days since. Taking j lunch we left Warrior mountain at ;1<) o'clock, at 12 o'clock we were at j the entrance to Biltmore estate, [about 40 miles from here. The road in Henderson county beginning just !;beyond Saluda is not so good as the {roads in either Polk or Buncombe j counties. Between Saluda and Flat j Rock we have to cross two streams, a branch and Gre'en River?very j winding, but so well graded that tone may go down by gravity?if his j brakes are ood, and up in high gear, i if meeting other cars does not require j slowing down. The road is too nar row and one is always in dread of meeting a car at one of the short j turns. But a more picturesque road it would be hard to find especially ! where it winds along a hundred or jtwo hundred feet above Green Riv I er. Some of our party said it had i nothing on the road from here to Mel j rose up the Pacolet gorge. At the i Buncombe county line we came to the paved road, cement, in 20 or 30 ft. sec i tions 18 or 20 feet wide. Big signs at intervals forbid a speed of over 25 miles per hour. 1 tried to keep within the speed limit and only exceeded it when coasting down a long straight grade. But several cars both going up and returning passed me and must have been going at 4 0 miles per hour. The drive through Biltmore of y miles cost us $1.50 but it was the best spent dollar and a half of our trip. The roads are well nigh perfect, the shrubbery, flowers, natural forests, [lakes, pastures and cultivated fields to say nothing of the 360 room castle with its courts and sunken gardens |with splendid views of the Pisgah range of mountains, close views of the iFrench Broad and Swannanoa rivers have on the retina of the mind pano : romas of beauty that will never be ef faced. We1 had with us three school marms. Miss-,Lide of Salem school and Misses Bitner and Dabbs recent^ ly of Flora-McDonald college and they have mental pictures that will be translated to boys and girls many miles away from the mountains. The rules of admittance forbid visi tors in cars from stepping on the ground at any places but the dairy barns.' It was our good fortune to reach ^he main dairy at one o'clock when the herd of beautiful cows were being ^driven in from the pasture that lies between the barn and the French Broad river. It was a wonderful sight to see hundreds of cows march each to her own stanchion and begin her midday meal. They use milking machines driven by electricity. Each cows has a two gallon water receptacal with a false bottom so arranged that as she presses her. mouth down to get the last of the water a valve is open ed that lets in mbre water until she has all she .wants. Three immense silos of about 200 tons capacity each are so built in the side of the hill that they are easy to fill on the upper side, and easy to get outt he silage on the level of the cow floor. The cows are milked at 3 p. m. and 2 a. m. each day. The milk is taken over to the creamery by an aerial A ram - war- There the butter is made, cer tified miu.. separated milk and butter milk put in sealed bottles. They have an ice plant and were putting in an ice cream piant. We bought both milk and butter and ate our lunch there. Both were good, but except for coming off ice no nicer than the milk and butter Mrs. Dabbs made at home. Mowers were at work cutting the fine vetch and wheat into hay. Sev eral fields were dotted with hay cocks covered with yard squares of canvass weighted at the four corners. I no ticed a hay tedder to loosen up rank j swaths of wheat and vetch hay to has- I ten its curing. Gangs of hands were at various J places cutting out bushes, hauling crushed rock for the roads and grav el from the river bed for some pur pose. They use a big street sweeper prppelled by steam or gasoline sweep one half of the roadway clean?the other half was strewn with piles of c rushed, rock. Just after sweeping a big outfit was spreading boiling tar ion the swept side, and hands were shoveling the crushed rock over it. To pass we had to drive over the piles of crushed rock. The foreman warn ed me not to run my car on the hot [tar and rock as it would ruin my j tires. On account of Mrs. Vanderbilt hav I ing gone that morning to her Mt. Pisgah lodge we were permitted to drive through the gates just in front of the castle where an attendant gaw us quite a bit of interesting" informa tion. If Mrs. Vanderbilt had been at home we would have been sent by the "overlook** where from a greater elevation and at some distance we i could have, looked down on the house ! and grounds. j We found the attendants at the i dairy very pleasant and it was quite ! worth while to look around there. The I horse barns look like pictures of old i ! world farm yards?but 1 doubt if ?there are many on such a scale or so i conveniently arranged either in this j country or Europe. By going on by j ! the horse barns nearly two more miles j of riverside drives could have been I rakcn. Hut we had to put Miss Uit ' ner on tin- Morristown train in Ashe 1 ville at i.'M) and wanted to make two 'calls also, so we hurried out by the shorter way. At the exit the lodge ; keeper called for the other part of lour ticket. One of the attendants ! said that sometimes 300 cars passed I through the grounds in a day and they ; keep the records to be aide t<> locate 'any that might want to camp or stay I overnight. The estate consists of 12.500 acres j on both sides of the French Broad jand Swannanoa rivers. Three small dairy barns are maintained on the j west side of the French Broad?40 ! odd cows each, 120 cows or more at j the main barn. I did not learn how ! many work animals are kept on the j place. There is a private cable and gas ferry to connect tip the farms on the two sidles of the river and many miles of roads other than those visi tors are allowed to travel. The gate keeper sives eaeh party leaflets with a map of the place in the fork of the two rivers with the roads that are open to the public and on the other side a brief story of the route "with the object of graphically pointing out | the several thoroughfares that will j afford a comprehensive glimpse of j Biltmore. its forests. Heids and farms.'' : J Having seen so much at Biltmore we did not try to take in the sights of Asheville, merely contenting ourselves with short glimpses of Battery Park ! and Grove Park hotels, with Miss Re- j na Alexander formerly of Darlington, j I Sumter and Columbia as our charming (guide. At 4 p. m. we turned our faces homeward. From five to 5:45 we rest ed in Hendersonville, at 7 we were at lour door on Warrior mountain, having [driven 110 miles, 20-odd of which were in Biltmore and Asheville? I tired but feeling that it was worth I while to have seen one of the show ; places of America, if not of the world, j For perhaps there is not another pri vate home in the world that cost $7, 000,000 for the mansion alone, and that in the decade from 1890 to 1900 when labor and material were at the lowest prices of a century, and when the purchasing power of a dollar was at its maximum. We were told that several rooms have never been finished to save thousands of dollars annual taxes that would be assessed on a finished building. That the furniture all came from Paris, France, and statuary that I we saw in the sunken gardens from j Italy. But I miss my guess, if all the j utilitarian equipment of electricity,! lice plant, road machines, cow barns. \ j etc. were not made in the good old ! (or new) U. S. A. Some of the rules j about motor sightseers not being allowed to put foot on the ground ex- I cept at the dairy seem absurd when for 10c each pedestrians may wander all day through the wonderful paths. But I have no feeling of envy or covetousness, and I am sure Vander bilt could not have made a better in vestments of his millions than in de veloping this wonderful property in j this wonderful land. He sold to the j government about lOG.OOQ. acres be tween his Biltmore estate and his Pisgah lodge of 500 acres for a nation al forest reserve. Good roads are be ing built through it and the forty mile trip from Asheville to the top of. Pisgah can be made in about two j hours. Then one can descend in two j directions toward Brevard or toward | Waynesville. This is a trip I hope to take some day. One of the stories that was told us of some of the Asheville smart set is so sunny that I laugh every time I think of it: When a certain heiress has a bean to entertain one of the favorite stunts is for her to start out driving a high powered car, the beau follows driving another and the moth er follows driving a third car, and they go a! 50 miies an hour. It is inexpressibly funny to me to picture them scooting along at 50 miles an hou?\ and dodging speed cops while they think they ore enjoying them selves. I should want something more secluded and with less speed if I were a courting man again. But then there Is no accounting for tastes. E. W. D. Tryon, N. C June 3. Trial of Two Well Known Cases. Columbia, June 8.?Two well known state cases are on the roster for the term of cpurt which starts in Columbia June 20, the now famous Sandel case and the old '"Hosiery Mill case." In both the state is de fend en t. The Sandel case is set for the 27th. This is the second of two cases brought by J. O'Neal Sandel, of Cal- j hoqn county, against the state, suing in each case for $50.000. for the death of his two daughters, who died following the use of typhoid serum furnished by the state board of health. The first case resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff on its second trial, the first trial resulting for the state. The "Hosiery Mill case" is that of J. M. Graham, of Columbia, who is | suing the state for damages alleged j to have resulted from the act of the legislature in cancelling the contract Mr. Graham had with the state, cov ering his operation of the hosiery mill in the state penitentiary. The amount of money involved in the complaint is $24.300. This case is set for trial on July 1. This will be its second trial, the first having gone for the state. New Gymnasium for the University, j Columbia. June S.?Tentative plans J for a new gymnasium and a new i stadium at the University were out lined for this correspondent today by j J. O. VanMeter. athletic director at ?the University. A drive will be put | aboutt he last of this year, according ; to these tentative plans, and the city of Columbia and alumni of the Uni- { versity will be asked to contribute up wards of $200,000 for an athletic i plant that will put the University in line with other institutions i>f the ? south. The trustees authorized the j drive at the commencement meeting ' which ended yesterday. GOVERNMENT ISSUES PROPOSED DRAFT London, June Ih?Government is-j sues (white paper), purporting t?? be! a draft proposed of the treaty between \ the Russian soviet government, and the Itepublie of Ireland. Washington. June S.?The internal revenue bureau warns r/ burdenea condiiion. The calendar, we are told, is very much congested and it will take years to clear up the cases that are now listed, but is it not just as easy to postpone or continue in the county court as it is it the circuit? From the standpoint of lay man there is no difference, and it is not the fault of the taxpayers at large that these cases are carried over from one term to anot?her and on and on, and it must be laid at the door of those who operate the ma- j ohinery of the courts. If I was so un- j fortunate as to have a serious case in court, whether it be criminal or civic, and wanted it held off for time and my lawyer could not get up a pretext upon which to base a con tinuation, I would feel like I had em ployed the wrong man. From a standpoint of taxation, we are now carrying about all we can stand; but the end is not yet. Our I national income tax is being met by j many of our citizens and doubtless j the time will come when the exemp- j fion"feature will be reduced and many who are now meeting that obliga? tioh will have it u? do; and we see | further, that there is a disposition by our national legislature to impose a sales tax upon all commodities put on I the market, which of course will pass j down to the consumer, who will have j to pay or not buy. Getting back to County affairs, we j must pay a. tax to raise the money j to meet the interest on the two and ! one-half million bond issue when the bonds are sold for the paved roads and also to create a sinking fund to retire the bonds when they mature. Notwithstanding many of us are in fa vor of and want the toad.s. it means we must go down in our pockets for them. Then again, here comes the j county jail proposition, (if which it is j said will cost fifty or sixty thousand J dollars more. I wonder if there is any way to get a modern building, j which is very much more important than a county court, without taxing j the people of county. Taxes, taxes, j taxes and more taxes to be, heaped j on that class who have to dig. a scant | living out the ground and yet some ' of our people are not in favor of a j holdup. There is such a thing as laying the straw that breaks the camel's back and if we don't be a little more conservative in the way of taxation, such a condition will soon be staring us in.the face. Excessive tax ation has caused revolutions in the past, human nature has ever and will even be the sanre. consequently we are not exempt from such a catastrophe. Trace the history of Russia back for five centuries and you will find op pression and despotism heaped upon | the common people until the souls of anarchism and bolshevism planted in their minds having lay dormant for a long time, finally sprang up and j developed a spirit of antagonism and hatred which in its fury assassinated j tlo- head of the government in 1917 J und ever .sine,- turmoil, strife and suf- i i? ring and death has 1 e--n the j reigning feature of that once hunt- j b!e peopie. V.V see signs of dissatis- j fa* lion at work in the great country ? ours and if we would keep up that ] great spirit of democracy which we j . !;tim to honor and esteem, we must not burden and chafe the rank and ble of our people with too heavy taxa tio n. in conclusion will say that the J ridge across the VVateree, if built, will U' um?iln > tax that the dear peo j pie will have to bring up, and it will i ?- well for taxpayers of tin- county to consider well what they are about next Tuesday, the day set apart fori the election, as to whether or not we I will have the county court. J. C. I hinbar. Seymour, Ind.. June S. Tine.- rail I road employees were Kilb-,1 and two injured when two freight engines overturned near here. Selma, Ala.. June 8.?Major Jef fers, Democrat, won over Longshore, Republican, in a special congressio? ai election, by about five thousand. Closing Exercises of Sumter High School1 Manual of Arms Drill, Presenta tion of Medals and Orations j Feature of First Night __. i The impressive closing exercises of j the Sumter high schools were attend ed by a large audience which on last j evening filled the opera house. The first commencement night was, as is I ! customary, devoted to the competi- j tive declamations made by a selected ; riumber of boys of the graduating: ; class. The curtain was raised promptly at | ! 8 o'clock and the exercises begun by Ian' invocation by Dr. Thayer. The! j competitive drill was first upon the' j program and the three manly cadets, j Messrs. Bert DeLorme, Edward Buck and Ernest Friar, who had won out in the two previous preliminary com j petitive drills, marched out upon the r-tage, and took their places in the center of it. The judges of the con test were Major Bradford, Joe Chan dler, and Robert Brown. The com mands were given by Prof. W. H. Dar Igan. These three cadets proved them- j selves proficient to a very high degree and only after an hour's drill were the judges able to make their decis ion and declare Mr. Edward Buck the [winner of the contest. The medal I for manual of arms, which is yearly I given by Mr. Mitchell Levi, was pre sented to Mr. Buck by Mr. Robert Brown who declared the drill as splendid a one as he had ever wit nessed and stated that his only re gret was that there were not three medals to be presented instead of the one. The medal for unusual achievement was awarded U? Miss Jenevive Smith by Dr. Edmunds who stated that throughout her entire school course. Miss Smith had made an excellent mark on every subject that she had I ta ken. The Garland was presented to Mr. Jark Chandk-i by Mr. Bartow Walsh. This medal is yearly given by Mr. C. j H. Wilson for the best all round ath lete. In addition to this medal Mr. Chandler also was presented the three ! medals which he won at the state track meet in Columbia. The medals are given by the Inter-High School Athletic Association. The medals given by Mr. George L. Bicker for manliness and exemplary attitude were presented to Mr. Hen ry Price and Miss Hertha Ragan, by Dr. J. A. Mood. The winner of these medals is decided upon by the vote of their classmates. After the presentation of these medals the audiem-e was entertained by the High School orchestra, direct id by Miss Truet, which rendered as its first selection an overture, "Poet and Peasant." The declamations given this year were unusually splendid from every standpoint. The following are the names of the chosen speakers with the titles of their orations: Jack Wright?'For a Mess of Pot tasre." Charles Cuftino?"A Dream." Vivian Weldon?"Washington." Henry Shelor??The Char'ot Race." Henry McLuurin ? "The New South." Hary Price ? "The Wrestler of Phi?ppi." Frank Clarke?"A Patriot's Sacri fice." (Frank Clarke is not in declama tion contest, having won a medal at Clinton). The exercises were brought to a close by the singing of the national anthem by the students and entire audience. The Telephone Rate Hearing. Columbia, June 7?A. L. M. Wiggins of Hartsviile, President of the South Carolina Telephone Subscribers Asso ciation, is to be in Columbia this week, according to oficers of the aso ciation, to confer with leaders in the telephone rate test movement in re gard to the plan of action to be taken to bring the phone rate fight to head. Mr. Wiggins is expected in the cap ital about Wednesday, and it is likely he will confer with members of the railroad commission, which will be in session that day. Considerable interest attaehes to the forthcoming announcement of the telephone subscribers associa tion's plans i?f procedure. The rail road commission has indicated that it will not hear the association at all. in regard to a re-opening of the rate case, unless some evidence is present ed to show that there are reasons why the ease should be re-opened, and this evidence must be convincing. Members of the railroad commission have slated that if the telephone as sociation merely presents the opinions of its officers or of others interested I in the rate situation, this will not be j sufficient to warrant a re-opening of j the case. The evidence must be j stronger than that already considered j by the commission in its consideration ? of the same case prior to the rate ! advance. It is believed that the recent action of the tax commission, in increasing the tax assessment against the tele phone company, to the extent of nearly two million dollars, on the basis ot the statement made by the company to the railroad commission. (regarding the value of its property in South Carolina. which is approxi mately two million dollars higher j than its tax return, will serve to "clinch" the decision of the railroad commission as to the higher phone j j chai ges. ! New Vork. June S. l*ajt>e Ruth, i home i nn king, was fined a hundred i dollars and sentenced to one day in j Jail for automobile speeding. Clinton. Miss. June 8.? Robbers I blew the post Office safe and secured forty dollars and a thousand dollars: I in stamps here. I The same fellow who complains j that the home paper has nothing in it is the one who hollers loudest when j it's a day late in getting to him.? j 'Ambridge (Pa.) Xews-Korald. Trial of West Opens First of Twenty Negroes Faces Geargio Jury Vienna, Ga., June 8.?Lavarga West, first of 20 negroes indicted on charge:? of murder growing out of the shooting at Byromville on May 17. was placed on trial here today. The state endeavored to show that West was in a conspiracy to kill Policeman Cunningham which re sulted in the death of L. C- Davis, Jr., of Sommersville, X. J., one uf the sheriff's posse. In the stale's evidence were state - I merits by merchants of Montezuma that West purchased shells on the j evening of the shooting. Five shot jguns, two ritles, lour pistols and a [large amount of ammunition seized j by the officers in their raid on Fate Chapman's home, which they alleged was barricaded, were exhibited before the jury. The arguments will bo completed tomorrow morning. No announcement was made as to how the other cases will he prosecut ed, whether singly or in groups.. RAILROAD NEWS Mr. W. A. Cole, trrsmmaster, Co lumbia district, with headquarters in Florence, was in the city Tuesday. Mr. L. L. Mason, traveling passeng er' ag*mi Southern Pacific railroad with headcpiarters in Atlanta, was a visitor in the city Wednesday. Mr. W. A. Walling went to Colum bia Tuesday. The many friends of Mr. F. P. King are glad to learn he is able to leave the hospital and is doing nice ly after his operation. Mr. G. W. Farabow has returned to the city after spending a week in North Carolina with his mother. I Mr. W. H. Newell, general super j inrendent . nrst division. Atlantic j Coast Line, was in the city Wednesr I day. _ , J Mr. R. B. Hare, superintendent Co ! lumbia district was in the city on j Wednesday. Captain M. S. Chase of Hartsvilie passed through Sumter a few days ago while taking his family to the mountains for the summer. Captain Chase looks tine and seems to be en joying the best of health. j Better not miss the Sunday excur sions to the Isle of Palms; go and en ijoy a delightful day in the surf. Poppies as Cut Flowers. Many gardeners seeing vases of Shirley or siik poppies in florists' win dows wonder by what trick of the trade the commercial grower of these most delicately beautiful annuals in duced them to remain intact, for or dinarily it is impossible to cut poppies I for bouquets when the flower is in I full bloom. They fully justify the ] poetical simile: "For pleasures are like i es spread You pluck the flower, nioom is shed." In nine cases out ol l, any ' at tempt to pick a poppy results in a shower of petals. But if properly handled they are a valuable cut flower and there are no annuals which offer such a beautiful and: delicate ' variety of pinks, salmons, roses, and ' scarlets with variegations of white and lighter colors in the way of edg ings as do the Shirley poppies. There are new strains offering beautiful sal mon tones. Here is the way to pick poppies and make them stick. It will be noted that the bud of the poppy droops until it is ready to burst its green calyx when it becomes erect. The tir e to pick a poppy is before it has sh*|l the green calyx or covering of the ? ?wer. This is in two parts and splits at the bot tom. The right moment is easily de termined because the split at the bot tom of this green covering shows the fcolor of the delicate petals crumpled within. Cut the poppy at this stage and gently pick off the green cover ings which will come off easily. Then place the crumpled up bud in water and it will open and the petals will not fall. ., #?? Annual poppies can be sown at any time, fall, winter or spring. The fine seed if desired can be sprinkled upon the snow and allowed to wash into the ground The seeding* are very hardy and often the melting snow will reveal a lot of self-sown s -edlings. The seed should be mixed with sand before sowing in order not to get it too thick as poppies must be sown where they are to remain as they ean not be transplanted. They will flour ish in any sunny situation and are not particular as to soil. They are of short season, particularly if abowed t? seed. All seed pods with the length of stem on which they are poised should be cut off as soon as the petals drop and a succession of sowings two weeks apart extending over a month is necessary if a supply is desired for any length of time. WOULD HAVE WEEKS RE LIEVE AS CHIEF Washington. June 9.?Major Gen eral Menoher, chief of the air service recommended that Secretary Weeks relieve Brig. Gen. Mitchell as assistant chief of air service. MARINE AVIATOR KILLED TODAY AT COLONIAL BEACH Washington. June 9.?Brown, a marine aviator, was killed today when his plane crashed to earth, at Colon ial Beach. SENATE WILL INVESTIGATE ADMIRAL SIMS SPEECH Washington. June 9.?Tbc senate adopted a resolution ordering the investigation of speech of Rear Ad miral Sims in London touching the